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Slingerz FC/Stag Beer Mashramani Championship to kick off tonight in Den Amstel
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Slingerz FC, Their name just can’t seem to be kept out the mouths of local football pundits ever since the West Demerara based team was assembled.
Many questions are being asked about their existence, one of which is if they will be able to climb the ladder to become Guyana’s top club; a spot held by Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United.
However, the club chose to announce their presence with a tournament which will kick off tonight at the Dem Amstel ground.
The tournament which was made possible through Ansa McAl and Stag Beer, cellular service providers Digicel and Hokinson Mining, will carry a winner’s purse of $500,000, second place $300,000, while third and fourth are going to pocket $150,000 and $50,000 respectively.
After the gala opening ceremony at 4:00 pm where the eight participating teams will be on display, all eyes will be set on the Gordon ‘Ultimate Warrior’ Braithwaite coached team as they come up against Beavers in the night’s featured game of the planned double header.
At the launching of the tournament, Braithwaite said that his Club’s “mandate on the West Side is to develop football to such a level that by next three years to come the best football will be played on the Westside as it once was. And we hope that people will not look at us as a team that is trying to just come to play a one off thing, but that it’s something that will be forever.”
He also added that, “We hope that by the time this tournament is over, our mandate would be fully established to play good football and develop football and make sure that Westside is number one.”
He however said that Slingerz is on the road to self-development and it is his hope that other clubs will.
Dwayne Jacobs still fresh off of being named the Kashif and Shanghai Most Valuable Player (MVP) will captain the side that also includes the likes of Pierre Joseph and Kester Jacobs.
Tonight’s opening game brings together a youthful Eagles United football club coming up against West Side champions Uitvlugt United.
Uitvlugt have been one of the top teams on the west side for a number of years and their recent ascension to the top of the table on the West Demerara is testimony of their hard work. But the side should be tested against the side led by Kerron Schmidt.
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